Marucci Chase Utley Youth Model Wood Bat The Marucci Bat Company & trade; takes pride in turning top quality wooden baseball bats in the same tradition and precise technique of the earliest bat companies. Every Marucci Bat is cut, calibrated, balanced, buffed and lacquered by hand. The Marucci Bat Company uses top grade Maple billets cut from selected, naturally grown trees in Pennsylvania forests. This selection process insures the highest possible grade of wood for each bat. The Marucci Bat Company & trade; bats are 100 percent handmade or turned in small batches from an original design, then finished and detailed by hand. Each model is made to exacting specifications maximizing balance and ease of handling. The Ultra Penetrating Stain provides the best possible finish. Most impressive is the Bone Rubbing technique that is used to this day. `Boning` bats began in the earliest days of baseball with players like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. These Hall-of-Famers would spend hours in their dugouts rubbing their bats with old cow femur bones. Bone Rubbing closes the pores of the wood, compressing it and making it harder. Marucci uses the same technique on their bats, rubbing before the finish is applied to seal and harden the wood. Just another example of how Marucci takes the same pride in their bats as our baseball heroes once did. Features: 2.52 Inch Barrel Diameter Approximate -3 Length to Weight Ratio Balanced Swing Weight Smoke Finish Bone Rubbing Technique - Closes Pores to Compress and Make the Wood Harder